Combination fruit-jar opener, tightener, and presser.



No. 571,197. PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907.

I w. ABEL, JR. COMBINATION FRUIT JAR OPENER, TIGHTENER, AND PRBSSER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. 1907.

WILLIAM ABEL, JR., or NORTH AMHERST, OHIO.

' COMBINATION FRUIT-JAR OPENER, TIGHTENER, AND PRESSER.

. No.is71,197.;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

Application filed March 4, 1907. Serial No- 360534.

To all whom it may concern:

1-. ,Be it known that I, WVILLIAM ABEL, Jr.,

a citizen of the United States, residing at North Amherst, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combination Fruit- Jar O ener, Tightener, and Presser, of which the i0 lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a combination fruit jar opener tightener and presser, the object being to rovide the device with a pressing roller which will press the edge of the cover down tight on the rubber, so as to make the jar perfectly air tight.

Another objctof my invention is to rovide the opener with a pressing roller w rich will press the bends out of the cover which have been made by sticking a knife under the rubber which is the common way of letj ting air into the jar so that the cover can be removed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification :I igure. 1 is a perspective view; of my improved jar opener, tightener and presser showing them ap lied to a jar. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of t e' opener tightener and resser. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the lever. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the jaw connecting link.

In the drawing A and B indicate a pair of handles provided with curved aw ortions A B having reduced apertured en s which are pivotally connected together by a rivet ada ted to be clamped around the cover of a fslotted end G of a lever G, provided with a ,jar. or removing the cover, or tightening the cover on the jar.

O ositely disposed rivets 0 project upwardl y from the curved jaws A B on which are mounted the obliquely slotted ends I) of a link D which limits the outwardly movement of the j awe and supports the jaws on the cover. Pivotally mounted centrally on the link D is a'plate E provided with upwardly apertured pro'ecting ends E in which is secured a pm on which is mounted the handle G- at its end so that 1t can be readily moved up or down and swung around the top of the jar.

A bracket H is secured to the ,under side of. the lever I-I carryin a roller at its'lower end provided with a beveled run 1 adapted to bear against the flange of the cover and force the bends out of the same. ,The slot in the-end of the lever is formed L-shaped so that when pressure is applied to the lever, the pin will drop into the vertical slot of the L-shaped slot, so as to hold the roller in position so that it will travel around on the edge of the cover. It will. be readily seen that when it is desired to use the device as a jar opener or closer, the lever will be ulled out until the )in reaches the end of t e slot so that the rolier will be out of engagement with thccover.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily seen that I have provided a device which is very simple and cheap in construction and one which will press the bends out of tops which would have to be thrown away and make them lit snugly on the jar.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is ing clamping jaws carrying a link, a lever pivotally and slidably mounted on said link, and a pressing roller carried by said lever.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a pair of )ivoted jaws connected together by a link, oi a lever pivotally and slidably mounted on said link, and a presserroller carried by said lever for the n purpose described.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a pair of curved jaws pivotally connected together provided with handles, of a link connecting said jaws, a lever pivotally mounted on said link, and a bracket secured to said lever carrying a presser roller for the urpose described.

4; A device of the rind described comprising a pair of clamping jaws pivotally connected together, a link connecting said jaws, and a lever loosely mounted on said liuk'carrying a presser roller having a beveled rim for the purpose described.

5. A. device of the kind described, comprising a pair of handles provided with curved jaws pivotally connected together, a link loosely mow ted on said jaws, a plate pivotally mountzd on said link. with upwardly pro jtcting aperturer ends, a pin secured in said ends, a lever loosely vmounted on said pin and a presser roller carried by said lever.

6. In a device of thekind described,the combination with a pair of clamping jaws provided pivotally connected together, of rivets exvided with slotted ends mounted on said rivl said link provided with upwardly projecting angled ends connected together by a pin, a lever provided with an L shaped slot in its end mounted on said pin; a bracket secured to the under side of said lever, and aroller carried by said bracket provided with a beveled rim for the purpose described.

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tending upwardly from said jaws, a link proets, a plate ivotall'y mounted centrally on said link, a ever loosely mounted on said plate, and a bracket secured to said lever carrying a presser roller, for the purpose described.

7. In a device of the kind'described, the

combination with a pair of jaWspivotally Witnesses: connected together, 0 a linkconnecting said N. STEE E, jaws, a plate pivotally mounted centrally on I E. F. STEELE. 

